Recent improvements in GPS carrier phase frequency transfer

GPS carrier phase frequency transfer is a convenient method to compare distant ground clocks. It requires multi-channel dual-frequency GPS receivers in both ground stations. In this paper, CNES specific software for GPS carrier phase frequency transfer is used. It overcomes the usual limitation of some GPS solutions : the day boundaries discontinuities. These discontinuities in the clock solution occur if the data are analyzed in daily independent batches. It is also possible to down sample the measurement files. These two functionalities allow us to perform a continuous GPS carrier phase frequency transfer on long durations. Results on different baselines are presented and discussed. For instance, on medium baselines, stabilities reaching 1.10
^-15
(Allan deviation) on one day are commonly obtained. On transatlantic baselines, stabilities are degraded due to the low number of satellites in common view